The university shut down for two days last year due to Hurricane Irma.

"At this time for the main campus area we are looking at things really spinning up late Thursday through Friday and into Friday afternoon, and then tapering back off," Sarah Custer, the university's emergency management director, said. "We are not looking at a long-standing event."

Custer said she does not anticipate a large number of Clemson students needing housing assistance, but the university has made 150 beds available if universities on the coast need assistance.

John Gouch, Clemson's assistant director of strategic communications, said Coastal Carolina reached out Friday about the possibility of accommodations.

"We are working with other colleges that will be evacuated to provide housing if and when necessary," Custer said.

Clemson University canceled all classes and university sponsored activities in Charleston for Tuesday and also closed all university facilities in 26 South Carolina counties Tuesday morning, the university said Monday evening. Clemson's Restoration Institute innovation campus is located in North Charleston.

All ticketed events for Clemson's scheduled family weekend have also been cancelled.

While students on the main campus can rely on the usual dining facilities, Custer recommends that people living off campus have a basic supply kit ready in case of power outages. She suggests including a few days of food and water, battery-powered flashlights (not candles), a battery-powered radio, and any personal medications.